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Presentation
Presentation
This course aims to provide students with appropriate knowledge and skills that allow them to develop evidence-based, good quality, research projects, supported on the best methodologiacal practices and ethic principles. It aims to: a) Encourage scientific curiosity and critical reflection focused on the available research in the field of exercise and health. b) Stimulate knowledge and understanding of the most used theoretical models, reference authors, empirical studies and methodologies in the area of the individual scientific project, so that the student can identify the existing research gaps. c) Mobilize theoretical and methodological knowledge to develop research projects that are able to answer to relevant , interesting and feasible research questions, through the implementation of appropriate methods.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT792-1-10893
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Syllabus 1. Theory of Scientific Knowledge 1.1.Evidence-based practice 2. Ethic principles 2.1.Declaration of Helsinki 2.2.Institution authorizations 2.3.Informed consent 3.Individual research project 3.1.Research guidelines: SPIRIT, STROBE, PRISMA and the EQUATOR network 3.2.Step-by-step construction of a research project
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Objectives
Objectives
Aims: 1. Know the theory of scientific knowledge and the guidelines for the production of high quality scientific research. 2. Know the ethical principles in scientific research. 3. Develop an individual research project Knowledge and competences to acquire: a) Encourage scientific curiosity and critical reflection focused on the available research in the field of exercise and health, to allow the identification of rthe available esearch gaps . b) Know the guidelines for the deveop of differente types of research studies, observational (STROBE), experimental (SPIRIT), and systematic reviews (PRISMA) c) Develop research questions according to the FINER criteria (Feasible, Interesting, Innovative, Ethic, Relevant). d) Develop the capacity to define study goals and hypothesis. Develop a method that is able to appropriately address the study goals, according to Ethic principles and research guidelines.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
Peer review processes, to stimulate critical thinking. Tasks stimulating the use of new inteligent search tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Perplexity). Gradual construction of the research project. Feedback on progression. Note: In the student's projects where AI was used, the student must explicitly indicate the tasks in which it was used and the bibliographic sources on which it was based. Permission or a license is required for the use of copyrighted data or information.
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References
References
Chan, A.-W., Tetzlaff, J. M., Altman, D. G., Laupacis, A., Gøtzsche, P. C., Krleza-Jeric, K., et al. (2013). SPIRIT 2013 statement: defining standard protocol items for clinical trials. (Vol. 158, pp. 200–207). Presented at the Annals of internal medicine. http://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-158-3-201302050-00583 Elm, von, E., Altman, D. G., Egger, M., Pocock, S. J., Gøtzsche, P. C., Vandenbroucke, J. P., STROBE Initiative. (2007, October 16). The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. PLoS Medicine. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040296 Moher, D., Shamseer, L., Clarke, M., Ghersi, D., Liberati, A., Petticrew, M., et al. (2015). Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement. Systematic Reviews, 4(1), 1–9. http://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-4-1
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Assessment
Assessment
Avaliação
Descrição
Data limite
Ponderação
Projeto de investigação individual, com um máximo de 7500 palavras, elaborado de acordo com normas aceites pela comunidade científica (SPIRIT, STROBE, ou outra presente na rede EQUATOR).
a definir
80%
Apresentações intermédias
a definir
20%
Adicionalmente poderão ser incluídas informações gerais, como por exemplo, referência ao tipo de acompanhamento a prestar ao estudante na realização dos trabalhos; referências bibliográficas e websites úteis; indicações para a redação de trabalho escrito...
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Mobility
Mobility
No
